Irina Andreyevna Voronkova (russian: Ирина Андреевна Воронкова; born 20 October 1995) is a Russian

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player. She is part of the Russia women's national volleyball team and was part of the national teams at the

2015 Summer Universiade ) , Nations participating = 143 , Athletes participating = 12,885 , Events = 272 in 21 sports , Opening ceremony = , Closing ceremony = , Officially opened by = Park Geun-hye , Athlete's Oath = Kim Seong-yeon and Kim Kuk-young , Judge's Oath = ...

in Gwangju, the

2015 Montreux Volley Masters The 2015 Montreux Volley Masters is a women's volleyball competition set in Montreux, Switzerland between May 26 – 31, 2015. Turkey won the tournament for the first time by winning 3-2 to Japan in the championship match. Japanese Yuki Ishii was ...

, the 2015 European Games in Baku, the

2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix The 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 24th edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 teams from 3 June to 10 July 2016. The Group 1 final round was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Brazil captured their ...

in Thailand, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. and

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

in Tokyo. At club level, she played for Dinamo Moscow, Dinamo Kazan and Zarechie Odintsovo before returning to Dinamo Kazan for a second spell in 2016.

Personal life

Voronkova was born into a family of volleyball players. Her father

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is a retired player and former national coach, her mother Svetlana Anatolyevna and sister Anna also played for local clubs. Her father was playing for a club in

Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_i ...

when she was born. Her first 11 years were spent in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

, she is fluent in Turkish.

Awards

Individuals

* '' 2012 Junior European Championship "Best Scorer"''

National team

Junior

* 2015 Universiade – Gold medal

Senior

* 2019 World Cup - Bronze medal (with Russia)

Clubs

* 2012 Russian Cup – Gold medal (with Dinamo Kazan) * 2012–13 Russian Championship – Gold medal (with Dinamo Kazan) * 2013 Russian Cup – Silver medal (with Dinamo Kazan) * 2013–14 Russian Championship – Gold medal (with Dinamo Kazan) * 2013–14 CEV Women's Champions League – Gold medal (with Dinamo Kazan) * 2014 FIVB Club World Championship – Gold medal (with Dinamo Kazan) * 2016 Russian Cup – Gold medal (with Dinamo Kazan) * 2016–17 CEV Cup – Gold medal (with Dinamo Kazan) * 2016–17 Russian Championship – Silver medal (with Dinamo Kazan) * 2020–21 Russian Championship – Gold medal (with Lokomotiv Kaliningrad)

References

VC Zarechie Odintsovo Zarechye-Odintsovo (russian: Заречье-Одинцово) is a Russian women's volleyball club based in Odintsovo. The club was founded in 1987 and plays in the super league, the top Russian league. History The club was established in 1987. ...

(Volleyball Centre Moscow Oblast) {{DEFAULTSORT:Voronkova, Irina 1995 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Russian people of Turkish descent Volleyball players from Istanbul European Games competitors for Russia Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games Olympic volleyball players of Russia Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in volleyball Universiade gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics